Your Staten Island personal trainer may recommend that you create a basement gym. That doesn\’t mean that you have to get a loan to afford the home gym; it does mean that you need to be practical and efficient with the design of the space and selection of your equipment. Creating a basement home gym is much easier and cheaper than you think.
Start with defining the space
While gyms are notoriously large spaces, most full body exercises can be done in a small space. You need at least a 4 by 4 clear area for most training, enough room to lie down completely, and then area beyond that to stage your equipment. If you are looking to add in a machine or some weight benches, measure it all out first, add in room for walking around the equipment and storing additional equipment to determine the space you really need – you may be surprised at how little room it will all take up. Gyms are so large because they have to accommodate many people at once. At home it will be just you and your trainer.
Go by what your trainer wants
The best way to decide what to bring into your basement gym is to ask your trainer what they want you to work with. Staten Island personal trainers are certified, experienced and trained in all avenues of health and fitness. Yours may want you to work on gaining more flexibility so they will want more stretching equipment in place for between sessions. Others will want barbells, dumbbells and bands. If you are going to be working with a personal trainer, make sure that you ask them what should be in your home gym to improve your fitness.
Stay traditional and avoid gimmicks
One thing that personal trainers in Staten Island will rant about, given a chance, are the number of fitness gimmicks and scam items for sale. Don\’t spend your money on something that promises to provide you with a fit body in an unrealistic amount of time by doing “one simple exercise.” Stay traditional and follow the list that your trainer wants. This will not only keep you from wasting money, but it will help you to get more out of your training session by letting you work to build up areas that your trainer has identified as weak. It will also be the best way to avoid injuring yourself in your home gym.